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Benmoreite from
Hut Point Peninsula, Ross Island, Ross Archipelago, Victoria Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica


Locality type:Peninsula
Classification
Type:Benmoreite
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Benmoreite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Hut Point Peninsula, Ross Island, Ross Archipelago, Victoria Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1326218
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1326218:7
GUID (UUID V4):d92b66a9-bf6f-402b-a2c3-aba6f637c0f1
Nearest other occurrences of Benmoreite
48.5km (30.1 miles) Brown Peninsula, Ross Archipelago, Victoria Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
69.3km (43.1 miles) Mount Discovery, Victoria Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
86.0km (53.4 miles) Minna Bluff, Victoria Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
References
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Volcanic Group, Antarctica PHILIP R. KYLE* Departments of Geology and Chemistry, Victoria University of...concentrations were determined in 16 Ross Island and northern Victoria Land alkaline lava samples which were...lava lineages of the McMurdo Volcanic Group, Antarctica. A kaersutite and two feldspar mineral separates...of the lava lineages, a basanite to nepheline benmoreite and a basanite to phonolite, have similar chondrite-normalized...Islands (Balleny volcanic province); northern Victoria Land (Hallett and Mel- bourne volcanic provinces);
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Volcanic Group at Rainbow Ridge, Brown Peninsula, Antarctica PHILIP R. KYLE Institute of Polar Studies...Ohio 43210 J O H N ADAMS Department of Geology, Victoria University, Wellington, New Zealand PETER C. RANKIN...Volcanic Group of late Cenozoic age at Brown Peninsula form three eruptive cycles of basaltic to salic...nepheline-hawaiite to nepheline-benmoreite and a basanite to nepheline-benmoreite eruptive sequence. Fractional...kaersutite. The nepheline-hawaiite to nepheline-benmoreite transition involves fractionation of clinopyroxene
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Basanite to Phonolite Sequence at Hut Point Peninsula, Antarctica, based on Core from Dry Valley Drilling...holes (DVDP 1, 2 and 3) at Hut Point Peninsula (HPP) on Ross Island, Antarctica. DVDP 1 reached 201 m and...Ne-hawaiite, and then alternating Ne-mugearite and Ne-benmoreite flows. Phonolite stratigraphically overlies the...sequence of basanite-Ne-hawaiite-Ne-mugeariteNe-benmoreite-phonolite, termed the DVDP lava lineage. Differentiation...parent; thus even though Ne-mugearite and Ne-benmoreite are common, they represent only minor steps in
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Anorthoclase Phonolite Lavas at Mount Erebus, Ross Island, Antarctica by P. R. KYLE 1 , J. A. MOORE 1 , AND M...October 1991) ABSTRACT Mount Erebus, Ross Island, Antarctica, is an active, intraplate, alkaline volcano...volumes of less undersaturated, more iron-rich benmoreite, phonolite, and trachyte are termed the enriched...continental crust on the western margin of the Ross Embayment, Antarctica. MVG rocks in the McMurdo Sound area...basanite to phonolite and trachyte (Kyle, 1990b). Ross Island comprises Mt. Erebus, an active, 3974 m high
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ON MOUNT EREBUS AND ALONG THE COAST OF ROSS ISLAND, ANTARCTICA* LOIS M. JONES', GUNTER FAURE' , KAREN...on Mount Erebus and along the co ast of Ross Island, Antarctica . Isot. Geosci., 1: 57-64 . Salt deposits...coast of Ross Island and on the summit of Mt. Erebus, an active volcano that dominates the island. The 8'Sr/...Royds to 0.70 344 at the top of Castle Rock on Hut Point penin sula, only 413 m above sea level, bu t may...INTRODUCTION Ross Island is part of a large volcanic province located in southern Victoria Land of Antarctica
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Differentiation of McMurdo Volcanics, Ross Island, Antarctica Shen-Su Sun* and Gilbert N. Hanson Department...Eighteen samples of the McMurdo volcanics on Ross Island, Antarc- tica consisting of basanitoid, trachybasalt...results. Introduction The McMurdo volcanics on Ross Island consist of a basanitoid-trachybasaltphonolite...000 km. In this study 18 volcanic rocks from Ross Island have been analyzed for rare earth * Formerly...cooperative international drilling program in Antarctica sponsored by the United States, Japan and New
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in a continental rift setting, Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica Wesley E. LeMasurier • Sung Hi Choi • Y. Kawachi...Ó Springer-Verlag 2011 Abstract The Marie Byrd Land province includes 18 large (up to 1,800 km3) central...all exclude significant crustal contamination and point to fractional crystallization as the process that...fractional crystallization. Keywords Marie Byrd Land dome  Polybaric fractionation  Pantellerite ...is available to authorized users. The Marie Byrd Land (MBL) province lies within the West Antarctic rift
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Phonolite–Trachyte Succession at Mount Sidley, Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica KURT S. PANTER1∗, PHILIP R. KYLE1 AND JOHN...Pliocene (5·7 to 4·2 Ma) Mt Sidley volcano, Marie Byrd Land, is examined using major and trace elements, Sr...apatite from basanite to derive 35% mugearite, 25% benmoreite and 20% phonolite as residual liquids. Fractional...100km chain of volcanoes in west Antarctica (Fig. 1). The Marie Byrd Land volcanic province lies within...Pacific margin of Antarctica from Ellsworth Land to the northern coast of Victoria Land (~3500 km). It is
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intraplate volcanic rocks from Ross Island and Marie Byrd Land (Antarctica) and other oceanic islands Jeffrey...Volcanic Group (MVG) and the Crary Mountains, Antarctica and selected oceanic islands show Li is sensitive...reservoir with elevated y7Li. y7Li values in ocean island basalt (OIB) samples examined range from +3x to...abundance; Lithium isotope variation; Mantle; Ross Island; Marie Byrd Land 1. Introduction * Corresponding author...Late Cenozoic McMurdo Volcanic Group on Ross Island, Antarctica, which represent the evolution of alkaline
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1990 Geochemistry of highly-undersaturated ocean island basalt suites from the South Atlantic Ocean: Fernando...with those in basaltic and hawaiitic OIB (ocean island basalt) lavas from other South Atlantic islands...1984]; Kaula, Hawaii [Garcia et al. 1986]; Ross Island, Antarctica [Sun and Hanson 1976; Kyle 1981]; East...geochemical diversity, both between- and within-island, comparable to that displayed 503 worldwide by...information is given. Fernando de Noronha The archipelago of Fernando de Noronha lies 345 km from the Brazilian
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chronology of phonolite fractionation at Mount Erebus, Antarctica MARK K. REAGAN, ’ ALAN M. VOLPE,’ and KATHARINE...phonolites erupted in 1984 and 1988 from Mount Erebus, Antarctica. The 1984 and 1988 glasses have slightly different...anorthoclase phonolite differentiation at Mount Erebus, Antarctica. THE NATUREOF MAGMASTORAGEsystems and magma...intraplate volcano associated with rifting ofthe Ross Sea region ( MOOREand KYL,E,1987). Most of the exposed... Minor amounts of less silica undersaturated benmoreite, phonolite, and trachyte of a separate lineage
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alkalic volcanic lineages at Mount Morning, West Antarctica and their entrained lithospheric mantle xenoliths:...Cenozoic to recent, eruptive centre in the Ross Sea, West Antarctica, which is part of the McMurdo Volcanic...volcanic rocks in Antarctica (Victoria Land – including Mount Morning – and Marie Byrd Land), Zealandia and...and eastern Australia share common chemical and isotopic source characteristics and they have been argued...are depleted in incompatible elements and ocean island basalts (OIBs), which are comparatively less-depleted
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1985 with his map of the McMurdo Sound area of Antarctica. We are pleased to republish these paintings...illustration: A tent camp in the Mesa Range of northern Victoria Land at the foot of Mt. Masley. Printed on acid-free...during the 1969/1970 field season. Prolog Antarctica! The very word brings to mind images of fierce...winds, bone-chilling cold, and utter desolation. Antarctica has the reputation of being a hostile place unfit...worked there have a very different impression of Antarctica. To us it is a place of unsurpassed beauty where
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features of the Okete Volcanics, western North Island, New Zealand Roger M. Briggs 1 and Gordon G. Goles...back-arc tectonic environment of western North Island, New Zealand. The lavas and tufts of the Oketc...Pliocene to Recent basaltic fields of northern North Island, and may be related to their unique tectonic setting...Volcanic Group (Kear 1960) situated in western North Island approximately 130 km northwest of the Taupo Volcanic...Taupo Volcanic Zone Fig. 1. Map of northern North Island showing the distribution of Pliocene and Quaternary
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54 Erebus volcano; U-series isotopes; HIMU; Antarctica; magma chamber residence time; open-system crystallization;...N The persistent lava lake at Erebus volcano, Antarctica, provides an unparalleled opportunity to study...the largest of four volcanic centers forming Ross Island: Mt. Erebus (3794 m elevation, 2170 km3), Mt...and Hut Point Peninsula (100 km3). About 4520 km3 of volcanic material has been erupted on Ross Island...Island over the last 4 Myr (Esser et al., 2004). Ross Island is emplaced on thin (17^25 km) rifted continental
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I ~- , Mineral Resources Potential of Antarctica SHL WITHDRAWN Physical Sciences ANTARCTIC...NORTHERN LAND Edmund Stump, Editor GEOLOGY AND PALEONTOLOGY OF THE Jarvis B. Hadley, Editor VICTORIA ANTARCTIC...Editor METEOROLOGICAL 8nmIES AT PLATEAU STATION, ANTARCTICA Joost A. Businger, Editor OCEANOLOGY OF THE...ATMOSPHERE RESEARCH IN ANTARCTICA L. J. Lanzerotti and C.G. Park, Editors THE Ross lcE SHELF: GLACIOLOGY...Arnold Ross BIRDS OF THE ANTARCTIC AND SUB-ANTARCTIC George E. Watson ENTOMOLOGY OF ANTARCTICA J. Linsley
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earth scientists in the scientific exploration of Antarctica can best be judged from the fact that 7 years...geology and solid earth geophysical literature of Antarctica. It is worth noting that two important differences...where earth scientists have but a fragment of Antarctica exposed to study and at times make, in some cases...parts of Antarctica, and the infuence of new plate tec¬ tonic thinking not only in Antarctica but in its...Adie freedom of the SCAR nations working in Antarctica, to give to SCAR his services, for the second
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(similar to that in the source regions of oceanic island basalts) and that the nature of the source region...which are exposed in the south western part of the island and which appear to have been emplaced tectonically...Rb contents are similar to those of some oceanic island alkali basalts (e.g., those from Tristan da Cunha...plagioclase phenocrysts and groundmass in a Ross Island trachybasalt. Using their data, however, we obtain...more enriched in LREE than average crust. The main point, however, is that the behavior of Ba in the MVS
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the number of Terms beginning with "northern", "eastern", "northwestern", "southcentral", etc., is limited...level 3 under mining geologyO). UF closed mines SA land subsidence SA mines SA mining geology SA reclamation... W Saskatchewan. IN Index Saskatchewan or Scot¬ land as applicable. BX Saskatchewan BX Scotland SA lead-zinc...Persian Gulf. BT United Arab Emirates BT Arabian Peninsula Abukuma Mountains NE of Utsunomiya in E central...Virginia Term introduced in 1989. On the Delmarva Peninsula. Before 1989, search Accomack County AND Virginia
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and studying the rocks of the Earth. Drilling on land and beneath the oceans, collecting and processing...examined in the same data has berton Mountain Land of southern Africa where rocks Hess, of this...others to explain the origin of the Hawaiian Archipelago and other lin- islands and seamounts. Morgan... K, Th and U enriched high- Magma generation land crust. It has been estimated that the amount of...the only extensive body of rock at near-melting-point temperatures. In the lowvelocity zone there are
 
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